Episode 84 – The Art of Hunting with Birds
„Art of Hunting with Birds“ commissioned by the emperor Frederick II is as much a book about hunting as The Old Man and the Sea is about fishing..
Episode 83 – The Court of Frederick II
At Foggia a circle of poets were the first to write in Italian and invented the Sonnet, plus tales taller than the giraffe in his garden
Episode 52 – The Honour of The Empire
Barbarossa will boost the honour of the empire by burning cities, hanging heretics, slaughtering rabble-rousing Romans and inventing the concept of the university.
Episode 25 – Speyer Cathedral
The greatest of the Salian legacies are the great cathedrals, and above all, Speyer, the brainchild of Konrad II
Episode 23 – Duke Ernst Rebel and Legend
Konrad II’s push for centralised control leads to a rebellion, led by the emperor’s 16-year old stepson, duke Ernst II of Swabia (1012-1030).
Episode 19 – Henry II, the House of God
How Emperor Henry II reshaped his kingdom using the Imperial Church System and founds the bishopric of Bamberg
Episode 202 – Arms and Armour
Germany emerged as Europe’s premier arms and armor center in the 15th and 16th centuries through skilled craftsmanship, economic strategy, and technological innovation.
Episode 201 – Mapping the world
In 1507 two Germans invented America, or at least the name. The question is how and why? Come along to find out.
Episode 195– Engraving the German Renaissance
If there was one major contribiution the Gemrans made to the Renaissance – apart from the printing press, it was the prodcution of drawings, engravings and woodcuts to be enjoyed by many and individually.
Episode 190 – A (very) brief History of the German Universities
“It is a settled fact that Germany alone produces more than all the rest of the world put together; her supremacy in science forms the pendant to England’s supremacy in commerce and on the sea; and it is perhaps even greater.” (Ferdinand Lot, 1892)